Illustration: Viewed from an apartment balcony above a Japanese city intersection, traffic has become completely gridlocked. Cars occupy the crossing in opposing directions, a delivery truck sits sideways across two lanes, and a bus cannot advance because its exit is filled with stopped vehicles.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

麻ま痺ひ

mahi

standstill, paralysis

Used figuratively when a system stops functioning. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ゼネストで国中くにじゅうの機能きのうが麻痺まひした。
The general strike paralyzed the whole country.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
大洪水だいこうずいで現地げんちの交通網こうつうもうが麻痺まひした。
The massive flood paralyzed the local transportation network.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
吹雪ふぶきのために交通こうつうは麻痺まひ状態じょうたいとなった。
The traffic was paralyzed by the snowstorm.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 麻痺

麻hemp; flaxOnマ・マアKunあさ
痺palsy; become numbOnヒKunしびれる

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